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Lahore: 6 agents arrested from outside Passport office

Lahore: 6 agents arrested from outside Passport office

LAHORE: The FIACrimeCircle on Monday conducted a raid on PassportOfficeGarden Town and arrested six agents sitting outside the office.An investigator said that they were receiving complaints from the passportoffice that the said agents were involved in minting money from innocent citizens. On receiving these complaints, the FIA conducted a raid on the PassportOffice and arrestedsix people allegedly involved in minting money from innocent citizens.

Those detained by the FIA included MuhammadYasin, MuhammadBadarAlam, MuhammadSaleem and three others. The modus operandi of the accused was to receive extra money from the applicants in the name of consultancy and facilitation.

An investigator said that these agents started their work from filling of challan form of a citizen and then offered other services, such as submission of application form without standing in long queues and preparation of passport in short time. They ask people from districts other than Lahore to pay five to ten thousand rupees to get their passports issued from Lahore, while it is a simple process and one could get permission from Deputy DirectorPassportOffice in this regard.

The accusedMuhammadBadar, who happens to be a BA student, said that they get their illegal work done with the connivance of PassportOffice staff. He demanded action against Assistant Director Passport office and one Farhat who facilitated them in their illegal work.

When contacted PassportOffice Assistant Director MubashirTirmizi said it was a routine raid and was conducted on his request.